Men's Soccer

Mens Soccer Defeats Boston University, 2-0

Sep 19, 2010

Boston, MA- Junior T.J. Popolizio and sophomore Bobby Belair
each scored their first goals of the season to lead the Brown
University men's soccer team (4-0-2) to a 2-0 victory over
host Boston University (3-3-1) on Sunday night at Nickerson
Field.

Coming off a thrilling 2-1 victory over visiting No. 24 Indiana
on Friday night, the Bears showed no signs of tired legs as they
continued their hot play to remain unbeaten. While the
Terriers came out with a lot of intensity and fired off six shots
to Brown's one in the first 20 minutes of play, Brown's
defense remained solid throughout and shut down any chances the
Boston University offense could put together.

It wasn't until the 43rd minute of play that
the Bears would find its first goal of the night. Popolizio,
with assistance from both Belair and Austin Mandel, blasted one in
the hight right corner past BU's Brandon Biggs to give the
Bears a 1-0 edge heading into halftime.

Six minutes into the second half, junior Jay Hayward came down
the field on the left side and passed the ball up to Belair, who
headed one to the high left corner past Biggs to put the score at
2-0.

The Terriers outshot the Bears 17-9, with each team tallying
three shots on goal, as Boston University also led 9-2 in corner
kicks.

Senior goalkeeper Paul Grandstrand earned the win in net with
three saves in 90 minutes to improve to 4-0-2, while Briggs
recorded just one save in tonight's game.

Brown is back in action on Saturday, Sept. 25 when it takes on
Vermont at 1:00 p.m. Then, the Bears open Ivy League play at
home against Columbia at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2.